Kane Ditchfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 4063500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kane Ditchfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kane |
| FAMILY NAME | Ditchfield |
| SIGNATURE | DITCHFIELD K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9555-4393 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 107 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Soil wetting and drying processes influence stone artefact distribution in clay‐rich soils: A case study from Middle Gidley Island in Murujuga, northwest Western Australia
Soils that contain swelling clay minerals (e.g., montmorillonite) expand and contract during wetting and drying, causing movement within the soil profile. This process, known as argilliturbation, can alter artefact distributions, destroy stratigraphy and complicate the interpretation of archaeological deposits. Our study investigates the influence of argilliturbation on stone artefact distribution in a clay‐rich sediment basin on Middle Gidley Is…
A short reflection on the past, present and future of stone artefact analysis in Australia
Extracting new information from old stones: An analysis of three quarries in the semi-arid Pilbara region, northwest Australia
Quarries are important archaeological sites in Australia. They represent the starting point for conditioning variability in stone artefact assemblages (e.g. raw material availability, accessibility, quality, size and shape) and serve as a basis to track human movement from source to discard. Despite this, there is relatively little published research on quarries. For example, in the Pilbara, Western Australia, where stone artefact assemblages are…
The case for continuity of human occupation and rock art production in the Kimberley, Australia
The Kimberley region hosts a large body of figurative and non-figurative rock art, which we argue has changed through time as people have utilised it to interact with social and environmental changes. While the dating of this art is still nascent, preliminary evidence shows that some of the Kimberley’s earliest rock art dates to the terminal Pleistocene. This early art includes cupules as well as naturalistic animal, human, and plant figures. We …
The pilot application of geochemical sourcing to an inland Pilbara archaeological landscape in north-western Australia
Tracking stone: Reconstructing the transport of lithic raw materials and artifacts
Local lithic landscapes and local source complexity: Developing a new database for geological sourcing of archaeological stone artefacts in North-Western Australia
Minjiwarra: Archaeological evidence of human occupation of Australia’s northern Kimberley by 50,000 BP
Recent archaeological research in Australia’s north-eastern Kimberley has luminescence dated a large red sedimentary feature, known as Minjiwarra, with artefacts in stratified contexts from the late Holocene to ∼50,000 years ago. This site is located on the Drysdale River, with preliminary excavations undertaken as part of an ARC Linkage Project. Deeply stratified sites in association with rockshelters are uncommon across the NE Kimberley and bas…
Coastal occupation before the “Big Swamp: Results from excavations at John Wayne Country Rockshelter on Barrow Island
In this paper, we present a terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene archaeological record from John Wayne Country Rockshelter (JWCR), located on Barrow Island in north‐western Australia. The rock shelter was used between 15000 and 7000 calBP, and provides insights into how Aboriginal people interacted with a changing coastal landscape throughout postglacial sea‐level rise. The faunal record reflects this fluctuating local landscape. The late Pleistoc…
Early human occupation of a maritime desert, Barrow Island, North-West Australia
Reconceptualising Last Glacial Maximum discontinuities: A case study from the maritime deserts of north-western Australia
Years of archaeological site stratigraphy and micromorphology in Boodie Cave, Barrow Island, Western Australia
Advances in arid zone archaeology: The 4th Southern Deserts Conference
The influence of raw material size on stone artefact assemblage formation: An example from Bone Cave, south-western Tasmania
An experimental approach to distinguishing different stone artefact transport patterns from debitage assemblages
Measuring stone artefact transport: The experimental demonstration and pilot application of a new method to a prehistoric adze workshop, southern Cook Islands
Maritime deserts of the Australian northwest
This paper reports on the first season of work on the Barrow Island Archaeology Project. It contextualises new findings within a review of what is now known of the archaeology of the Carnarvon bioregion. A reliance on coastal resources for over 42,000 years is indicated from excavations and open sites from Cape Range, the Montebello Islands, the Onslow coastline and Barrow Island. The continuous use of marine resources, blended with largely arid …
Maritime deserts of the Australian northwest
This paper reports on the first season of work on the Barrow Island Archaeology Project. It contextualises new findings within a review of what is now known of the archaeology of the Carnarvon bioregion. A reliance on coastal resources for over 42,000 years is indicated from excavations and open sites from Cape Range, the Montebello Islands, the Onslow coastline and Barrow Island. The continuous use of marine resources, blended with largely arid …
Minjiwarra: Archaeological evidence of human occupation of Australia’s northern Kimberley by 50,000 BP
Recent archaeological research in Australia’s north-eastern Kimberley has luminescence dated a large red sedimentary feature, known as Minjiwarra, with artefacts in stratified contexts from the late Holocene to ∼50,000 years ago. This site is located on the Drysdale River, with preliminary excavations undertaken as part of an ARC Linkage Project. Deeply stratified sites in association with rockshelters are uncommon across the NE Kimberley and bas…
An experimental approach to distinguishing different stone artefact transport patterns from debitage assemblages
The influence of raw material size on stone artefact assemblage formation: An example from Bone Cave, south-western Tasmania
Local lithic landscapes and local source complexity: Developing a new database for geological sourcing of archaeological stone artefacts in North-Western Australia
Coastal occupation before the “Big Swamp: Results from excavations at John Wayne Country Rockshelter on Barrow Island
In this paper, we present a terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene archaeological record from John Wayne Country Rockshelter (JWCR), located on Barrow Island in north‐western Australia. The rock shelter was used between 15000 and 7000 calBP, and provides insights into how Aboriginal people interacted with a changing coastal landscape throughout postglacial sea‐level rise. The faunal record reflects this fluctuating local landscape. The late Pleistoc…
Years of archaeological site stratigraphy and micromorphology in Boodie Cave, Barrow Island, Western Australia
Measuring stone artefact transport: The experimental demonstration and pilot application of a new method to a prehistoric adze workshop, southern Cook Islands
Extracting new information from old stones: An analysis of three quarries in the semi-arid Pilbara region, northwest Australia
Quarries are important archaeological sites in Australia. They represent the starting point for conditioning variability in stone artefact assemblages (e.g. raw material availability, accessibility, quality, size and shape) and serve as a basis to track human movement from source to discard. Despite this, there is relatively little published research on quarries. For example, in the Pilbara, Western Australia, where stone artefact assemblages are…
A short reflection on the past, present and future of stone artefact analysis in Australia
Measuring stone artefact transport: The experimental demonstration and pilot application of a new method to a prehistoric adze workshop, southern Cook Islands
Maritime deserts of the Australian northwest
This paper reports on the first season of work on the Barrow Island Archaeology Project. It contextualises new findings within a review of what is now known of the archaeology of the Carnarvon bioregion. A reliance on coastal resources for over 42,000 years is indicated from excavations and open sites from Cape Range, the Montebello Islands, the Onslow coastline and Barrow Island. The continuous use of marine resources, blended with largely arid …
An experimental approach to distinguishing different stone artefact transport patterns from debitage assemblages
Advances in arid zone archaeology: The 4th Southern Deserts Conference
The influence of raw material size on stone artefact assemblage formation: An example from Bone Cave, south-western Tasmania
Early human occupation of a maritime desert, Barrow Island, North-West Australia
Reconceptualising Last Glacial Maximum discontinuities: A case study from the maritime deserts of north-western Australia
Years of archaeological site stratigraphy and micromorphology in Boodie Cave, Barrow Island, Western Australia
Coastal occupation before the “Big Swamp: Results from excavations at John Wayne Country Rockshelter on Barrow Island
In this paper, we present a terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene archaeological record from John Wayne Country Rockshelter (JWCR), located on Barrow Island in north‐western Australia. The rock shelter was used between 15000 and 7000 calBP, and provides insights into how Aboriginal people interacted with a changing coastal landscape throughout postglacial sea‐level rise. The faunal record reflects this fluctuating local landscape. The late Pleistoc…
Tracking stone: Reconstructing the transport of lithic raw materials and artifacts
Local lithic landscapes and local source complexity: Developing a new database for geological sourcing of archaeological stone artefacts in North-Western Australia
Minjiwarra: Archaeological evidence of human occupation of Australia’s northern Kimberley by 50,000 BP
Recent archaeological research in Australia’s north-eastern Kimberley has luminescence dated a large red sedimentary feature, known as Minjiwarra, with artefacts in stratified contexts from the late Holocene to ∼50,000 years ago. This site is located on the Drysdale River, with preliminary excavations undertaken as part of an ARC Linkage Project. Deeply stratified sites in association with rockshelters are uncommon across the NE Kimberley and bas…
The case for continuity of human occupation and rock art production in the Kimberley, Australia
The Kimberley region hosts a large body of figurative and non-figurative rock art, which we argue has changed through time as people have utilised it to interact with social and environmental changes. While the dating of this art is still nascent, preliminary evidence shows that some of the Kimberley’s earliest rock art dates to the terminal Pleistocene. This early art includes cupules as well as naturalistic animal, human, and plant figures. We …
The pilot application of geochemical sourcing to an inland Pilbara archaeological landscape in north-western Australia
Extracting new information from old stones: An analysis of three quarries in the semi-arid Pilbara region, northwest Australia
Quarries are important archaeological sites in Australia. They represent the starting point for conditioning variability in stone artefact assemblages (e.g. raw material availability, accessibility, quality, size and shape) and serve as a basis to track human movement from source to discard. Despite this, there is relatively little published research on quarries. For example, in the Pilbara, Western Australia, where stone artefact assemblages are…
A short reflection on the past, present and future of stone artefact analysis in Australia
Soil wetting and drying processes influence stone artefact distribution in clay‐rich soils: A case study from Middle Gidley Island in Murujuga, northwest Western Australia
Soils that contain swelling clay minerals (e.g., montmorillonite) expand and contract during wetting and drying, causing movement within the soil profile. This process, known as argilliturbation, can alter artefact distributions, destroy stratigraphy and complicate the interpretation of archaeological deposits. Our study investigates the influence of argilliturbation on stone artefact distribution in a clay‐rich sediment basin on Middle Gidley Is…
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (16 works) · Archaeology (15 works) · Geology (15 works) · Geography (14 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 works) · Paleontology (7 works) · Assemblage (archaeology (6 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Holocene (5 works)